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College Football Schedule: 18 Ranked Teams including Eight of Top 10

ESPN’s college football schedule this week is highlighted by 18 teams in the Associated Press rankings – including eight of the top 10 – and 10 of the remaining 14 undefeated programs. ESPN2 and ESPN will each televise a weeknight game featuring an unbeaten team from the American on the road: No. 22 Temple at East Carolina on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and No. 18 Memphis at Tulsa on Friday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. on ESPN. Highlights for Saturday, Oct. 24:

Each game of the ABC tripleheader will showcase an undefeated squad in the top seven: No. 6 Clemson at Miami (Fla.) at noon, a 3:30 p.m. split-national window pitting No. 7 Michigan State against Indiana and Texas Tech at one-loss No. 17 Oklahoma (ESPN2 will show the game viewers do not receive on ABC) and No. 1 Ohio State at Rutgers in the Saturday Night Football contest at 8 p.m.

An ESPN quadrupleheader will kick off at noon with unbeaten No. 2 Baylor against Iowa State. The prime-time doubleheader will pit No. 15 Texas A&M at No. 24 Ole Miss at 7 p.m. followed by one-loss No. 10 Stanford against Washington at 10:30 p.m.

Two games at 7 p.m. will each have an undefeated top nine team – No. 5 LSU against Western Kentucky on ESPNU and No. 9 Florida State at Georgia Tech on ESPN2.

Every ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN3, SEC Network and Longhorn Network game will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.